Well winter is moving along up here in north central MN. Last month all the birds - guineas and peacocks decided they were going to pull an iron man competition and refuse to come in the keep after our first big snow fall. This went on for about 5 nights and then most of them came in. Two guineas were hold outs. It took about 8 days total but finally got them inside too. I seriously debated if I could shoot a paint gun close enough to them to scare them out of the trees but I opted not.....
Anyway. Tonight I was raking soiled straw out of the keep and one of the buggers shot past me and out of the coop. He sat outside for awhile and while attempting to catch his froggy behind I noticed he had some large lumpy areas on both feet - concentrated toward the toes. He decided he'd do the 40 ft tree hop again so I turned my attention back to the coop cleaning. While continuing this effort I saw another one with the same lumpy type areas but his are concentrated more toward the 'ankle' of the leg.
He doesn't move around a lot in the coop - he is eating and drinking - but I believe I could catch him if needed. Mr Air Jordan Guinea might be catchable once he comes out of the trees.
I'm still researching on internet but what is anyone else's experience with this? Do I need to pull these two out from the rest of the gang and keep them isolated?
Thanks
Anyway. Tonight I was raking soiled straw out of the keep and one of the buggers shot past me and out of the coop. He sat outside for awhile and while attempting to catch his froggy behind I noticed he had some large lumpy areas on both feet - concentrated toward the toes. He decided he'd do the 40 ft tree hop again so I turned my attention back to the coop cleaning. While continuing this effort I saw another one with the same lumpy type areas but his are concentrated more toward the 'ankle' of the leg.
He doesn't move around a lot in the coop - he is eating and drinking - but I believe I could catch him if needed. Mr Air Jordan Guinea might be catchable once he comes out of the trees.
I'm still researching on internet but what is anyone else's experience with this? Do I need to pull these two out from the rest of the gang and keep them isolated?
Thanks